AFTAs 2022: All the winners and why they won
Here are the 27 category winners from this year's virtual American Financial Technology Awards. This year's multi-category winners are JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Northern Trust and BNY Mellon.
Below are the 27 category winners from this year’s American Financial Technology Awards. Five end-user firms―JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Northern Trust and BNY Mellon―won multiple categories, while the two best IT team categories were won by SS&C Tier1 (vendor) and JP Morgan Wealth Management (end-user).
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Vendor categories
- Best New Technology Introduced Over the Last 12 Months (AI & Machine Learning) – Pragma
- Best New Technology Introduced Over the Last 12 Months (Infrastructure) – IPC Systems
- Best New Technology Introduced Over the Last 12 Months (Trading, Risk & Compliance) – Baton Systems*
- Best New Technology Introduced Over the Last 12 Months (Analytics) – Moody’s Analytics
- Best New Technology Introduced Over the Last 12 Months (Data, Data Services & Data Management) – Rimes
- Most Innovative Third-Party Technology Vendor (AI & Machine Learning) – CompatibL
- Most Innovative Third-Party Technology Vendor (Infrastructure, Outsourcing & Managed Services) – OpenFin*
- Most Innovative Third-Party Technology Vendor (Trading, Risk & Compliance) – UnaVista, an LSEG business*
- Most Innovative Third-Party Technology Vendor (Analytics) – Numerix
- Most Innovative Third-Party Technology Vendor (Data, Data Services & Data Management) – SmartStream Technologies. Click on this link for a video interview with Linda Coffman.
- Best Collaboration/Alliance Initiative – Adaptive Financial Consulting
- Best Trading Infrastructure Initiative – FX HedgePool
- Best Communication Infrastructure Initiative – Symphony*
- Best Agile Initiative – Genesis Global
- Best Third-Party Technology Vendor IT Team – SS&C Tier1*
End-User Categories
- Best AI/Machine Learning Initiative – Bank of America*
- Best Risk Management Initiative – Morgan Stanley
- Best Compliance Initiative – JP Morgan*
- Best Analytics Initiative – Bank of America*
- Best Reporting Initiative – Northern Trust
- Best Cross-Asset Trading Initiative – JP Morgan*
- Best Data Management Initiative – Northern Trust
- Best Cloud Initiative – JP Morgan*
- Most Cutting-Edge IT Initiative – Morgan Stanley
- Best IT Integration Initiative – BNY Mellon*
- Best Agile Initiative – BNY Mellon*
- Best IT Team – JP Morgan Wealth Management*
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